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Chicago: A Portrait
Excerpt from A Portrait
From the north window Of a sky-scraper club, one looks down upon the birthplace of Chicago.
What now lies there is a boulevard spanning a gray-blue river. The crossing is by a bridge which is one Of the busiest, though not the tallest, in the world. Past its heavy pillars, with their bas-reliefs, the boulevard runs on, inaccurately north. In the foreground stand sky-scrapers, like the halves Of an enormous gateway. Between these, and on and on, pass ing structures high and low, the street, a sleek ribbon, rises, narrows, rounds a slight bend, and disappears. Far below the point Of Observation two continuous rows of motor-cars glide like thin caterpillars, northward and southward.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
From the north window Of a sky-scraper club, one looks down upon the birthplace of Chicago.
What now lies there is a boulevard spanning a gray-blue river. The crossing is by a bridge which is one Of the busiest, though not the tallest, in the world. Past its heavy pillars, with their bas-reliefs, the boulevard runs on, inaccurately north. In the foreground stand sky-scrapers, like the halves Of an enormous gateway. Between these, and on and on, pass ing structures high and low, the street, a sleek ribbon, rises, narrows, rounds a slight bend, and disappears. Far below the point Of Observation two continuous rows of motor-cars glide like thin caterpillars, northward and southward.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
466 pages, Hardcover
Published January 26, 2019
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